Fort Ashley Center

Historical marker location:

98 West Main Street, Vernal, Utah

( Marker is at the intersection of West Main Street (U.S. 40) and North 100 West, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.)

Marker installed: 1967

Utah was the site of the first-ever transcontinental railroad connection in the United States. The historic meeting of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads took place on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah.